Are you ready to see Camila Mendes absolutely everywhere? You should be.

Of course, the Riverdale star has been hard at work on the hit series — and Veronica Lodge's woes aren't slowing down any time soon. Though the season 3 premiere just aired, V has already disowned her father and (spoiler alert!) watched helplessly as her boyfriend Archie Andrews pleaded guilty to a murder he didn't commit. As things tend to go in Riverdale, it's likely downhill from here, as Camila tells Teen Vogue that this season is all about Veronica's heart breaking in a myriad of ways — professionally and personally.

And just as Veronica is learning the ins and outs of running Pop's Chock'lit Shoppe (she traded the White Wyrm for the deed, remember?), Camila is branching out in her own career. With three movies on the horizon and two music videos under her belt, she's pushing herself to take on projects that challenge her — and that includes taking on leading roles and staying up until all hours to bond with her (very familiar) costars.

That doesn't mean she's leaving Veronica behind just yet! Camila filled Teen Vogue in on what's in store on both the big and small screens.

Teen Vogue: Riverdale season 3 has officially begun. How are you feeling about taking Veronica's story to the next level?

Camila Mendes: I'm really excited about this season. Veronica has kind of taken on this entrepreneurial role; she's a boss and running her own business, but I think she's going to be super challenged by the compromises she realizes she has to make in order to thrive.

In season two, Veronica criticized her father so much for the choices he made, for the way that he did business, the corruption... all of that stuff. In season three, she's trying her best to stay legitimate and to do things the right way and the honorable way, but I think the circumstances really challenge her and put her to the test, and she's going to have to make some compromises.

TV: The Lodge family has been back together officially for a full season now, and we've learned that their family dynamic is far from peaceful. "Money can't buy you happiness." What can you tell us about what happens inside the Pembrooke this season?

CM: Both relationships between Veronica and her mom and between Veronica and Hiram are heartbreaking. For Veronica and her mom, Marisol [Nichols, who plays Hermione Lodge] and I have talked about how the subtext that comes up a lot in their scenes is, Are we allies or not? Are you on my side or not? I think Veronica desperately wants her mom to break away from Hiram and to support her daughter in her fight against him, but her mom finds that very difficult, and is almost fearful to do such a thing.

With the relationship between Veronica and Hiram, the question is, Am I just like you or not? Veronica and Hiram are constantly butting heads, but they also have this extreme respect and admiration for each other. Veronica secretly wants to prove herself to her father, but also wants to break from him. Her father wants to tame her, and get her under control and back in line, but he also loves that he's raised her to be so independent. I think there's always such a duality happening in both relationships, and in season three, we're going to be tapping into that duality a little more.

TV: Was there ever anything about Veronica's character, or a certain storyline that surprised you in season two, and that you're excited for more of in season 3?

CM: She's such a leader. She's fearless. She goes to great lengths to protect the people she loves, especially Archie. I think her obsession with control gets the best of her. I think [this season] she realizes she can't control everything and some things are just going to happen. I can't really go in too much about that story because it's a spoiler, but I will say that what's surprising about her this season is that she's kind of willing to play dirty a little more.

TV: When we caught up ahead of last season, you explained that one of Veronica's big arcs was about learning how to be a good girlfriend and be there for Archie. We've already seen in season 3 how much more comfortable she is in that role: she stands up to her father about him, and refuses to even let him break up with her. She seems more sure of herself as part of a couple now.

CM: Yeah, she's surer of herself, but also she's fully independent this season. She's really cut off from her family and completely disassociated from them. They are no longer a unit this season. She's really on her own, and I think her heart breaks a lot in this season. The disappointment she feels and the betrayal... it's very real and that's why I think she's put to the test a lot, not just emotionally, but financially, and morally.

TV: Veronica isn't the only one growing more independent — you're also branching out with new movies. What can you tell us about The New Romantic?

CM: That was the first film I shot, and I was really proud because it was such a blessing to play a role that's in a few scenes, but still has significance to the story. [My character] Morgan is kind of the catalyst for the main character's storyline — she's the sugar baby that makes the main character want to become a sugar baby [in order to] explore that reality. Playing a character that was so sure of herself sexually, and kind of fearlessly herself, was so great. You don't always get such well-developed characters that are in a movie so little, so to be able to play a role that feels substantial was great.

TV: Was there anything specific about the role that attracted to you to it?

CM: I knew some sugar babies in college. They touch on it a little bit in the movie: there are students who are in mountains of debt, and some young women choose to pay for their education by becoming sugar babies. At the end of the day, it's a woman's choice what she does with her body, and I don't think that should be judged.

Our movie tackles that in the sense that Morgan loves what she does, and that's how I played the role: "This is something that feels natural to me. I don't have a problem with it, it's business. I'm good at it, and I like the benefits of it." She likes traveling to Paris twice a year. She likes getting these expensive purses. If that's your thing, then that's your thing. If you are OK with going on dates in whatever relationship you establish with each individual, if you're OK with that, then why should anybody be judging you or pitying you or stigmatizing the situation? The main character is faced with that question on an individual level, and that's what I love about the film.

TV: You also have The Stand-In coming up next year with Noah Centineo and Laura Marano — what can you tell us about your character, Shelby?

CM: Shelby's the girl that Brooks [Noah] always dreamed of being with. It's funny because she does share some similarities with Veronica. She's very well off and goes to a prep school; she comes from this world that is very different from the world that Brooks comes from. Basically, throughout the film, she is confronted with the fact that he's been lying to her about something. I don't really want to talk about too much of it because I'm going to end up spoiling something.

TV: What was it like to work with Noah and Laura?

CM: It was really fun. I love Noah, I love Laura. The first day we met, we all stayed up in our hotel room until 8 in the morning. We were talking about everything, and it was such a beautiful conversation, just a great way to get to know each other. That kind of set the tone for the rest of the film. It was a really good group; Odiseas [Georgiadis, who plays Murph] too — he's super cool and I'm really excited for him to be discovered. We all bonded very quickly.

TV: And finally, there's Coyote Lake, which is a film with a predominately Latinx cast, too, right?

CM: I'm really excited for Coyote Lake. I'm really proud of the work that everyone did on that film. It was my first time playing a lead role, which is interesting. When you know you're carrying the film, you really turn it on. You open up more and you really let yourself go to places maybe you didn't before. That was challenging, and I've never felt so artistically fulfilled, shooting something in my career thus far. All the acting in the film was flawless. The script is so well written, the story and the characters are so well developed. I'm just really hoping the best for this film because it deserves recognition. Also, I'm so excited to be part of an all Latino cast. That's pretty f*cking awesome.

Adriana Barraza [who plays my mother] and I play two women who run a hostel, and basically drug people. It's dark. Our characters are dark and they have some skeletons in the closet. I just think to see a young woman and an older woman be this powerful, dark, duo, is really exciting, and I think it'll make for great cinema.